Michael Huerta, PhD
Associate Director of the National Library of Medicine (NLM)
Director of the Office of Strategic Initiatives, NLM
Dr. Huerta serves as the principal advisor to the Director of NLM regarding development and coordination of data science and open science efforts across NLM, NIH, and beyond, as well as on NLM strategic planning and initiatives. He has led many trans-NIH programs advancing team science, interdisciplinary research, and large-scale, open, data-driven biomedical research and technology initiatives including the NIH Human Connectome Project, the NIH National Database for Autism Research, and the US Human Brain Project, a multiagency effort that developed and established the field of Neuroinformatics. Today, he leads several NIH-wide efforts advancing priorities, policies, and practices to realize the promise of open science and digital biomedicine. Dr. Huerta’s research training was in systems neuroscience; he joined the National Institute of Mental Health at NIH in 1991 and moved to the National Library of Medicine in 2011.
Nick Shockey
Director of Programs & Engagement, Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC)
Nick Shockey is the Director of Programs & Engagement at SPARC, where he has worked for the past 12 years. Nick works across SPARC to identify areas to better support member libraries, co-leads SPARC’s negotiations community of practice, manages SPARC’s digital platforms, and leads SPARC’s student and next generation-focused initiatives, including organizing OpenCon and OpenCon’s collaborations with the United Nations Library. To date, OpenCon has reached more than 10,000 in-person participants across 80 countries and catalyzed dozens of new projects, organizations, and campaigns. Most recently, Nick has led SPARC’s emerging work on surveillance and privacy and co-authored the 2021 Update to the SPARC Landscape Analysis and Roadmap for Action.
Paul Albert
Identity Services Product Manager
Weill Cornell Medicine
Denisse Albornoz
Research Associate, Knowledge Equity Lab
University of Toronto
Denisse Albornoz is a digital rights, community-based researcher. She investigates different forms of inequality and harm that emerge as a result of technology use and her areas of focus are: gender-based online violence and the digital security needs of women, LGBTQ people, youth and activists. She has also worked in OCSDNet, the Open and Collaborative Science in Development Network and is a research associate of the Knowledge Equity Lab where she has explored knowledge production from a critical and feminist perspective.
Mark Aronoff
Distinguished Professor, Department of Linguistics
Stony Brook University
Mark Aronoff is Distinguished Professor of Linguistics at Stony Brook. Developing and teaching introductory undergraduate courses has been a mainstay of his career.
Ed Beck
Instructional Designer
SUNY Oneanta
Ed Beck has been working in the Educational Technology field since 2013. In his current position at SUNY Oneonta, he works with faculty on the development of online, blended, and hybrid courses. One of his main areas of interest is the exploration, adoption, and creation of high quality Open Resources. He is currently pursuing his Ph. D in Curriculum and Instruction at SUNY Albany working within the department of Educational Theory and Practice. His research interests include computer supported collaborative learning, learning analytics and assessment, and the creation and scaffolding of digital literacy skills across the curriculum.
Daniene Byrne
PhD Candidate, Department of Technology and Society
Stony Brook University
Daniene is a PhD Candidate in Technology, Policy and Innovation. She is a STRIDE Fellow, WISE mentor, and Media, Arts, Culture and Technology Scholar. She recently interned at the Stony Brook Libraries’ Department of Scholarly Communication. She has her Masters of Arts in Public Policy from Stony Brook. Her dissertation topic, “Who Steers?” focuses on the design needs, public policy and outcomes for automated driving systems.
David Cyrille
Assistant Vice President/Chief Research Information Officer
Stony Brook University
Sarbajit Dutta
Senior Software Developer
Weill Cornell Medicine
Shafeek Fazal
Interim Dean, University Libraries
Stony Brook University
Shafeek Fazal serves as Interim Dean of University Libraries, advancing the Library’s strategic direction in support of the University strategic plan and overseeing all areas of operation.
Carol Hernandez
Senior Instructional Designer, Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching
Stony Brook University
Carol Hernandez is a senior instructional designer in the Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching at Stony Brook University. Her doctoral research applies a critical race lens to the work experiences of educational developers– specifically Latinas– in the workplace of higher education.
Jennifer M. K. Jensen
Scholarly Communications Librarian
SUNY Oneonta
Jennifer M. K. Jensen is the Scholarly Communications Librarian at SUNY Oneonta, where she co-leads the Open Educational Resources (OER) Initiative and administers the campus’s open access institutional repositories. Previously, she worked at Cornell University where she coordinated research and outreach programs for national and regional programs in community development and civic engagement. She received her Master of Science in Library Science from the University of Kentucky in 2020 and holds a Master of Public Affairs from the University of Missouri-Columbia and a B.A. in political science.
Ji Yea Kim
PhD Student, Department of Linguistics
Stony Brook University
Ji Yea Kim is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Linguistics. She has been teaching and developing LIN 200 “Language in the US” either as primary instructor or as a teaching assistant since 2017. She also has teaching experiences in a variety of courses in linguistics and English.
Jessica Koos
Health Sciences/Senior Assistant Librarian
Stony Brook University
Jessica Koos is a Health Sciences/Senior Assistant Librarian at Stony Brook University, where she is the liaison to the School of Medicine and the Program in Public Health. She constantly strives to enhance the research data management services at her institution, and has served on several university-wide committees.
Dana Laird
Technical Services Librarian
SUNY Brockport
Dana Laird is the Technical Services Librarian at SUNY Brockport. Dana manages electronic resources and serials as well as Interlibrary Loan. She currently leads the library’s Student Engagement Committee. Dana earned her MLS from the University at Buffalo.
Veronica Miatto
PhD Student, Department of Linguistics
Stony Brook University
Veronica Miatto is a Ph.D. student in the Department of Linguistics. She has been involved in the development of the course LIN 200 “Language in the US” since 2020. She has also been involved in the teaching of the course either as a teaching assistant or (co-)instructor several times since then.
Pam O’Sullivan
Institutional Repository Manager, Library Events Coordinator, Archives Co-manager, and Copyright Liaison
SUNY Brockport
Pam O’Sullivan has been a librarian at SUNY Brockport for over 13 years; her duties include Institutional Repository Manager, Library Events Coordinator, Archives Co-manager, and Copyright Liaison. Before coming to Brockport, she was a public librarian in a variety of settings.
Pam is also an experienced storyteller. She has a long-standing love affair with the music of Tom Petty and contributed an essay to a book about his music. Currently, she is working on a book of poetry inspired by her life experiences.
Mary Jo Orzech
Scholarly Communications Librarian, Drake Memorial Library
SUNY Brockport
Mary Jo Orzech is the Scholarly Communications Librarian at Drake Memorial Library, SUNY Brockport. She earned her MLS at Syracuse and PhD at Penn State. Her academic interests include planning and assessment, as well as open access, open educational resources and digital scholarship.
Claire Payne
Web Services and Data Librarian
Stony Brook University
Claire Payne is the Web Services and Data Librarian at Stony Brook University, where she is also liaison to the Department of Art. Outside of data services, her interests include content strategy, digital accessibility, and contemporary visual culture. Claire holds an MS in Information Science and an MA in Art History, both from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Lori Repetti
Professor, Department of Linguistics
Stony Brook University
Lori Repetti is Professor and Chair of the Department of Linguistics. She has been at Stony Brook University for over 30 years and is a core member of the team that developed LIN 200 “Language in the US” as a fully asynchronous online course.
Kanishka Sikri
PhD Student
York University
Kanishka Sikri is a feminist writer, consultant, and theorist unravelling the multiple faces and forms of racial-gender-colonial violence and terror. Her hope is that in unsettling the violences we have become settled to, we are able to radically imagine free, liberatory and pluriverse worlds. Kanishka is formally trained as an international and critical development specialist from the University of Toronto, and is currently a PhD student at York University.
Catherine Scott
Assistant Director for Faculty Development – Testing, Assessment & Evaluation, Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching
Stony Brook University
Catherine has over 10 years of experience in assessment, higher education and is currently the Assistant Director for Faculty Development – Testing, Assessment & Evaluation. Catherine provides oversight and administration of the campus system for evaluating student ratings of instruction, test scanning and test proctoring services. She leads several evaluation efforts for grant proposals and awarded projects through national organizations.
Natasha Vitek
Assistant Professor, Department of Ecology & Evolution
Stony Brook University
Natasha Vitek is a vertebrate paleontologist focused on understanding how evolution scales up from population-level processes today to the millennia of the fossil record. Her teaching focuses on expanding the breadth and depth of students’ view of the history of life on earth. Prior to arrival at Stony Brook, she earned degrees from Yale University (B.S.), the University of Texas at Austin (M.S.), and the University of Florida (Ph.D.) working with physical specimens of vertebrate skeletons throughout. Currently, using morphometrics, genomics, and museum collections she integrates modern studies of microevolution with the fossil record to study the evolutionary consequences of intraspecific variation over long time scales. She continues to experiment with new ways of bringing vertebrate specimens to students at all experience levels and of training students to perceive the biological information preserved in vertebrate bodies.
Ken Wierzbowski
Systems Librarian, Drake Memorial Library
SUNY Brockport
Ken Wierzbowski is an Associate Librarian at SUNY Brockport and currently serves in the role of Systems Librarian at the Drake Memorial Library. Ken manages 3D printing services, serves as EIT liaison for the Library, and is a member of the SLC Improvements and Enhancements Working Group. Ken earned his MLS and BA in Film Studies from the University at Buffalo.
